Dollar Matters: Life Choices and Money

There are all sorts of interesting and thought-provoking articles floating around the blogosphere from the past week. Many of them are about life choices and money. If you are considering your lifestyle choices, and how they might impact your finances, here are a few good reads:

A Question for all you Communications Majors…

Darwin at Darwin’s Money asks the question: Why communications? I thought he was kind of hard on comm majors — but then, I was a comm major! Perhaps I was too hard on him. In any case, it’s a thought-provoking question that we should all be asking ourselves, no matter what we decide about an education.

Maybe I Should Just Stop Watching TV!

Boomer at Boomer & Echo explores the frustrations of dealing with television service. Why won’t these service companies be good to the existing customers? What happened to customer loyalty?

Four Strategies To Get Dinner on the Table If You Are Single

Melissa at Beating Broke takes a look at different strategies that can help you get the sustenance you need. Some of the suggestions are frugal — such as swapping with friends — and others are a little more interesting. I was intrigued by the idea of paying a friend to cook for you.

Breakfast on the Fly — and on the Cheap

Donna at Get Rich Slowly shares some thoughts about healthy breakfasts at a low cost. A number of ideas for fast breakfasts with some nutritional value.

4 Easy Lifestyle Habits That Lead to Financial Freedom

I wrote this post over at Moolanomy. Even though not directly related to finances, taking care of your health, being careful with your possessions and making other lifestyle choices can actually help your money situation down the road.

Opportunity Cost and Opportunity Lost

2 Cents at Balance Junkie has a look at opportunities. How do you measure them? Can you measure the cost of a lost opportunity? What about the advantages of a good opportunity seized?

Education Savings Account

Ramsay at Moneyed Up takes a look at the pros and cons of an education savings account. If you want to help your child with future life choices, it’s a good idea to start now to plan how it will be paid for.

Steps to Take to Avoid Retiring in Debt

Glen at Free From Broke lays out the issues associated with retiring in debt, and then helps you create a plan to avoid that fate. An important read if you want to enjoy the life stage known as retirement.

Parents: What Teenagers Need to Know About Credit Cards

Everything Finance takes a look at how you can teach your children to make better life and financial choices. Educate them about credit cards. There is plenty that everyone should know about them.

Living or Giving more? Finance Lessons From John Wesley

Joe at Christian PF offers an interesting look at how money can be a tool9 to help others. Perhaps money isn’t evil. Religious figure John Wesley offers some lessons that still ring true today.

Other Financial Posts

In reality, most of these are about life choices, too. And they offer some healthy insights on a variety of issues related to money:

• The Savings Snowball at PT Money.
• Four Ways Your Spare Time Can Lead to Thousands of Dollars at Studenomics.
• What Would Cripple You Financially? at Canadian Finance Blog.
• How To Play Your Finance By Ear at PF Firewall.
• The Second Job Paradox at The Simple Dollar.
• The Psychology Of Saving at Bible Money Matters.

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